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Stray kitty

This always happens to me and it really makes me lose faith in the human race. Another stray has found it's
way to my door, this time a sweet little grey kitten.
I don't understand people. I'm pretty sure it belongs
to my next door neighbors because they have tossed a
few other animals over the past year that I have found
homes for??!! Grrrrr.....

I wish I lived in a bigger place because I know this is
my calling. I feel so bad because I want to help but I
don't want to get evicted (I live in an apartment). But
by the same token I cannot leave this baby outside
because I know it will be cold tonite. My husband is
kinda po'd at me, too but I told him, this is me, and
I can't NOT do anything.

So if anyone out there can offer me any help, I would
be ever so grateful. I will not put this baby out but
I also can't keep her? I'll post a pic soon.

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Kitt, I thought all the cats and kittens were being dumped at Wiley's house.

Seriously though, surplus cats and kittens are a real problem here. I don't know why people won't spay and neuter, there are low cost cat spays and neuters offered several times a year.

One female cat can produce 2-3 litters a year. Given away in parking lots without spay or neuter the kittens reproduce too. Before you know it you can have over 600 cats charging around.
All the local rescues are slammed with cats and kittens right now, actually they pretty much stay that way.

Because I have had new rescue dogs kill a cat on my farm I cannot take in cats.

My suggestion would be to take the cat to each of the area shelters and ask them to take it in, starting with Hilton Head, the only no-kill shelter. You may have to get on a waiting list. I wish I had a better solution for you. Palmetto Animal League is trying to raise money to build a new shelter but is at least a year away.

Thank you for doing what you can for this little one. We only fail them when we look away and do nothing.

LOL WC!!! Cute arrangement for the porch, but don't think it
will work for me since I live in an apartment. We have 1 (legal) pet and 2 "illegals", another cat and a bird. The
bird was also a stray, believe it or not?

We'll probably end up keeping the poor little thing because
you guessed it, we're suckers! She was so young and thin,and
like I said in the first post, I think she belonged to my
next door neighbors who have thrown out other pets in the
past year also. I only hope they don't get any more, but they
probably will.

They used to call me "Catwoman" when I lived in Virginia because all the cats would congregate on my back porch for
their daily meal, and of course, lovin'. Guess I'm stuck with
the title, but it's not so bad? The animals need us, right?

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